Safety pocket



Patented Feb. 10, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.v

STEFAN LAGO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFETY POCKET.

Application filed September 8, 1920. Serial No. 408,854.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, STEFAN LAGO, a citi Zen of Czechoslovakia, residingat New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Safety Pockets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in safety-pockets, particularlyof that type in which an inner pocket isprovided within an outer one,having a. separate overhanging or closing flap.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a safety-pocket ofthis type which is provided with elect-ric contacts` the closing ofwhich will indicate to the wearer of the garment that an attempt isbeing made to rifle his pockets.

Another object of the invention is to p-rovide a pocket of thischaracter which can be easily and quickly attached to any garment.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction, andcombination of parts hereinafter more fully described and shown in theaccompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure, and inwhichu Figure 1 is a fragmentary front view of a garment provided with apocket, constructed according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the pocket on line` 2 2 ofFigure 1, and

Figure 3 is a cross-section on line 3 3 of Figure 2.

The garment 10 is provided with the usual pocket 11, for instance a. hippocket, in which an inner partition 12 is secured for dividing saidpocket into an inner pocket 12 and an outer pocket 11. To the inner wallof the hip pocket is secured a. downwardly extending fla-p 13, and acontact strip 14 is secured to the upper, inner edge of the inner pocket12', while asimilar contact strip 15 is secured to the inner, upper edgeof the Hap. In any attempt to rifle the inner pocket 12, suflicientpressure is brought to bear upon the upper end of the strip 13 to movethe contacts 15 into engagement with the contact 14, to thereby closethe circuit. The outer contact strip 14 is connect-ed by a lead orconductor wire 16 with o-ne pole of a small dry battery 16 carried inanother pocket of the garment, while the inner contact strip 15 isconnected by a lead or conductor wire 17 to the other pole of Saidbattery. A lamp 17 is provided in the battery circuit at a suitableplace of the garment as for instance the lapel where it can easily beobserved by the wearer of the garment.

From the foregoing description .it will be clear that, if for instancea` pick-pocket will try to rifie the inner pocket 12', and for thispurpose raises the flap 13, a circuit will be closed over the contacts14 and 15, the leads 16 and 17 over the lamp and the battery, and theglowing of the lamp will visibly indicate to the wearer instantly that Asuch an attempt is being made.

It will be clear that changes may be made in the genera-l arrangementand the construction of the minor details of my invention withoutdeviating from the scope and spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is- 1. In a pocket of thecharacter described the combination of an outer and an inner pocketcontained therein, a flap for normally closing the upper end of theinner pocket, and contact strips secured to said flap and the innerpocket for closing a lamp and battery circuit.

2. A pocket of the class described coinprising an outer pocket, apartition in said pocket for forming an inner pocket, a flap secured tothe inner wall of said pocket, a contact strip secured to the upperinner wall of said pocket directly below the point of attachment of saidflap, a. second contact strip secured to the inner upper face of saidflap, said first named contact in 'the path of the second contact, anelectric circuit having its termina-ls at said contact strips, and meansin said circuit for giving a signal when said flap is raised to obtainaccess to said inner pocket.

In testimony whereof I have aiixed my signature.

STEFAN LAGO.

